Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-6-103

A. Juvenile court records and Department of Human Services

agency records pertaining to a child may be inspected, and their

contents shall be disclosed, without a court order to the following

persons upon showing of proper credentials and pursuant to their

lawful duties:

1. The court having the child currently before it in any

proceeding pursuant to this title, any district court or tribal

court to which such proceedings may be transferred, employees and

officers of the court in the performance of their duties, including

but not limited to guardians ad litem appointed by the court, and

court-appointed special advocates;

2. A district attorney, United States Attorney, or Attorney

General of this or another state and the employees of such offices

in the course of their official duties pursuant to this title or the

prosecution of crimes against children, or upon their request in

their official capacity as advisor in a grand jury proceeding;

3. The attorney representing a child who is the subject of a

proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this title or other

proceeding where child custody or visitation is at issue;

4. Employees of juvenile bureaus in the course of their

official duties pursuant to this title, and employees of the

Department of Human Services in the course of their official duties;

5. Employees of a law enforcement agency of this or another

state or military enclave and employees of a child protective

service of another state or military enclave in the course of their

official duties pertaining to investigations of a report of known or

suspected child abuse or neglect or crimes against children or for

the purpose of determining whether to place a child in protective

custody;

6. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth as provided by

Sections 601.2 and 601.6 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. The Office of Juvenile Affairs;

8. A federally recognized Indian tribe in which the child who

is the subject of the record is a member or is eligible to become a

member of the tribe and is the biological child of a member of an

Indian tribe pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Indian Child

Welfare Act and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act; provided such

Indian tribe, in the course of its official duties, is:

a. investigating a report of known or suspected child

abuse or neglect or crimes against children or for the

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purpose of determining whether to place a child in

protective custody,

b. providing services to or for the benefit of a child

including, but not limited to, protective, emergency,

social and medical services, or

c. the tribe, the tribal court or the tribal child

welfare program has asserted jurisdiction or

intervened in any case in which the child is the

subject of the proceedings or is a party to the

proceedings pursuant to the authority provided in the

Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act.

The records that are to be provided to Indian tribes under this

subsection shall include all case records, reports, and documents as

defined in Section 1-6-101 of this title;

9. The Governor or to any person the Governor designates, in

writing;

10. Any federal official of the United States Department of

Health and Human Services;

11. Any member of the Legislature approved in writing by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate;

12. A foster parent, with regard to records concerning the

social, medical, psychological, or educational needs of a child

currently placed with that foster parent or of a child being

considered for placement with that foster parent;

13. An employee of any state or federal corrections or law

enforcement agency in the performance of the official duties of the

employee concerning presentence investigations or supervision of a

parent of an alleged or adjudicated deprived child, or the legal
ational needs of a child

currently placed with that foster parent or of a child being

considered for placement with that foster parent;

13. An employee of any state or federal corrections or law

enforcement agency in the performance of the official duties of the

employee concerning presentence investigations or supervision of a

parent of an alleged or adjudicated deprived child, or the legal

guardian, custodian, or any other adult member of the child’s home

who is responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of the child;

14. An employee of a state agency of this or another state in

the performance of the official duties of the employee concerning

the establishment of paternity or the establishment or enforcement

of a child support order or other entitlement for the benefit of a

child; provided, disclosure shall be limited to information directly

related to the purpose of such disclosure;

15. Any member of a city-county Health Department Fetal Infant

Mortality Review (FIMR) in the performance of the official duties of

the member concerning investigations of fetal and infant

mortalities; provided, disclosure shall be limited to information

directly related to the purpose of such disclosure;

16. Any designated federal authorities at the federal military

installation where a service member is assigned, when the child is a

member of an active duty military family, as provided by paragraph 4

of subsection A of Section 1-2-102 of this title;

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17. Any member of the Child Welfare Review Committee for the

Death and Near Death of Children With Disabilities as established by

Section 1-10-103 of this title; and

18. The Office of Client Advocacy within the State Department

of Health.

B. In addition to the persons listed in subsection A of this

section, juvenile court records may be inspected, and their contents

shall be disclosed, without a court order to the following persons

upon showing of proper credentials and pursuant to their lawful

duties:

1. Employees of court-appointed special advocate programs, as

defined in Section 1-1-105 of this title, in the course of their

official duties pertaining to recruiting, screening, training,

assigning cases, supervising, and supporting volunteers in their

roles as guardian ad litem pursuant to Section 1-4-306 of this

title;

2. Members of postadjudication review boards established

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1116.2 of Title 10 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the Child Death Review Board, and

multidisciplinary personnel. In addition to juvenile court records,

members of such postadjudication review boards may inspect, without

a court order, information that includes, but is not limited to:

a. psychological and medical records,

b. placement history and information, including the names

and addresses of foster parents,

c. family assessments,

d. treatment or service plans, and

e. school records;

3. The Department of Human Services or other public or private

agency or individual having court-ordered custody or physical

custody pursuant to Department placement of the child, or conducting

a child abuse or neglect investigation of the child who is the

subject of the record. In addition to juvenile court records,

employees of the Department may inspect, without a court order and

upon a showing of proper credentials and pursuant to their lawful

duties, information that includes, but is not limited to:

a. psychological and medical records, and

b. nondirectory education records;

4. The child who is the subject of the record and the parents,

legal guardian, custodian, or foster parent of such child; and

5. A person authorized by the court to conduct bona fide

research, provided such research may not publish the names or

identities of parents, children, or other persons contained in the

records.

C. In addition to the persons and entities named in subsection
records;

4. The child who is the subject of the record and the parents,

legal guardian, custodian, or foster parent of such child; and

5. A person authorized by the court to conduct bona fide

research, provided such research may not publish the names or

identities of parents, children, or other persons contained in the

records.

C. In addition to the persons and entities named in subsection

A of this section, Department of Human Services agency records may

be inspected, and their contents shall be disclosed, without a court

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order to the following persons upon showing of proper credentials

and pursuant to their lawful duties:

1. Postadjudicatory review boards, court-appointed special

advocates, and members of the Child Death Review Board;

2. Any district court which has ordered a home study by the

Department in an action for divorce, annulment, custody of a child,

or appointment of a legal guardian of a child, or any subsequent

proceeding in such actions; provided, however, the Department may

limit disclosure in the home study to summaries or to information

directly related to the purpose of the disclosure;

3. Members of multidisciplinary teams or multidisciplinary

personnel designated by the Department, investigating a report of

known or suspected child abuse or neglect or providing services to a

child or family which is the subject of the report;

4. A physician who has before him or her a child whom the

physician reasonably suspects may be abused or neglected or any

health care or mental health professionals involved in the

evaluation or treatment of the child or the parents, legal guardian,

foster parent, custodian, or other family members of the child;

5. Any public or private agency or person authorized by the

Department to diagnose, or provide care, treatment, supervision, or

other services to a child who is the subject of a report or record

of child abuse or neglect; provided, the Department may limit such

disclosure to summaries or to information directly necessary for the

purpose of such disclosure;

6. Any person or agency for research purposes, if all of the

following conditions are met:

a. the person or agency conducting the research is

employed by the State of Oklahoma or is under contract

with this state and is authorized by the Department to

conduct the research, and

b. the person or agency conducting the research ensures

that all documents containing identifying information

are maintained in secure locations and access to the

documents by unauthorized persons is prohibited; that

no identifying information is included in documents

generated from the research conducted; and that all

identifying information is deleted from documents used

in the research when the research is completed;

7. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority; and

8. A medical examiner when such person is determining the cause

of death of a child.

D. In accordance with the rules promulgated for such purpose

pursuant to Section 620.6 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

records listed in subsection A of Section 1-6-102 of this title may

be inspected and their contents disclosed without a court order to

participating agencies.

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E. The court may disclose to an employee of an out-of-state

entity, licensed to perform adoption home studies in that state,

whether the prospective adoptive parent has had parental rights to a

child terminated in Oklahoma or whether the prospective adoptive

parent has relinquished parental rights to a child in Oklahoma.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting

the Department from disclosing such confidential information as may

be necessary to secure appropriate care, treatment, protection or

supervision of a child alleged to be abused or neglected.